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  1. 48% reduction in alcohol-related crime. on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Having been denied entry to london pubs, 48% of alcoholic criminals are now committing crimes sober.

  2. Re:Obviousness test on Patents on Tax Reduction Strategies a Problem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah.

    Can't help but to wonder though, if it's something many start using to avoid taxes immediately after a new tax law is released, it's probably the intended effect. Like a tax break for driving eco-friendly cars or something. If it's something that is only discovered severals years after the tax law, it's probably a loop hole that got missed when the law was being written.

    Which then brings the question, if you knew a loop hole in the law, would you tell the people who can close it about the hole by filing for a patent in use of it? Seems kinda self-defeating, sure you might get a patent for the hole but the hole will get closed that much quicker than if you had just kept your mouth shut and kept it secret.

  3. Re:Sometimes... on NASA Announces Record Ozone Hole · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure! Your intuition is far more powerful than 100 years of scien-ma-tific observation. Well, admittedly science wasn't exactly at the same level in 1906 as it is today, especially for things like upper atmosphere composition.

  4. Practical future? on How Animatronic Clothes Work · · Score: 1

    So we can now transform loose light weight clothing into slightly different configurations through motors that can last atleast the 30 seconds necessary for a fashion show on 80 pound models that avoid body movements. Seems pretty useless to me, why's this on /.?

  5. Re:Well, we wanted a ruling on EULA's on Blizzard Stomps Bnetd in DMCA Case · · Score: 1

    You can waive them, though the question would be does a EULA constitute a contract in the first place?

  6. NCU-2000 on AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can do it. A great resource (with forum) for these kinds of projects is http://www.silentpcreview.com What I would run is a P4 with the NCU-2000 heatsink. A p4 because if you do get the CPU too hot, it would throttle itself rather than shut down your computer.

  7. What is a 2500+ overclocked to 3200+? on AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared · · Score: 1

    I could never figure that out, since AMD's performance rating system isn't linear.. do you divide 2500 by the stock MHz, and multiply by the overclocked MHz to come up with the 3200+?

  8. Re:Sponsor of the Bill, Representative Lamar Smith on File Trading Law Would Include 'Willing' Traders · · Score: 1

    "My problem is when the community or the school or the Govt starts enforcing the beliefs of the majority on its minorities." You're the one who wants government to enforce beliefs.

    If it's part of someone's religion to pray before each and every meal, what right does the government have to tell them they can't do it?

  9. Use a video camera. on Laser Injures Delta Pilot's Eye · · Score: 1

    Seems the simplest method would be to mount a couple video cameras on the plane and feed them to giant displays in the cockpit. You could even have a field of vision that would be impossible with windows (imagine a camera pointed backwards). Lasers would then be useless.

    Only problem would be electric failure -- if your power died or something you would be flying blind, so it might be a good idea to keep a window in the cockpit, just covered with a shade or something.

  10. Re:Silly Vendors on MS To Offer Windows Sans WMP, If EU So Orders · · Score: 1

    In the worst scenario, you end up with some horrendously lame media player or no-name virus scanner written by a drunk Chinese five year old embedded into your computer.

    Can the five year old embedded into my computer write other software as well?

  11. Re: You forgot the most important bill on New California Law Bans Anonymous Media File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Sexylosers comic.

  12. This one is better. on More Cheap Aerial Photography · · Score: 2, Informative
  13. Re:Definition of each Political Party on Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers · · Score: 4, Funny

    The democrat has to first check whether the drowning man is on the list of approved minorities.

  14. Re:They should send a reply like this... on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies · · Score: 1

    Napster was in Sweden?

  15. 6800 Ultra DDL for PC? on NVIDIA Gives Details On New GeForce 6 · · Score: 1

    It's great that they've got lower cards coming out, but what I really wanna know is when we can purchase a 6800 ultra DDL for the PC (yes, to run the 30" apple monitor.)

  16. Re:Only $200? on NVIDIA Gives Details On New GeForce 6 · · Score: 1

    I also use a 4200, though I got the 128mb version. At the time I purchased mine the fx line had been out for a short time, the 5200 cost about the same as the 4200, and everyone was telling me to purchase a 5200 for dx9. Hah, look at their 5200's now!

  17. Re:No surprise on Intel Discontinues Extreme Edition P4 · · Score: 1

    Actually, my dual celeron setup was socket 370, and there was no wire soldering, no nothing... ABIT BP6 Reign Forever!

    As for using athlon xp as mp.. http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid= 2&id=747&pg=

    The problem is limited motherboard support, versus very wide support for hyperthreading on intel.

  18. Re:Don' on X-Connect 500W Modular PSU · · Score: 1

    So, would your 350W still cover it after an upgrade to a 3.6 prescott with a geforce 6800 ultra?

  19. Re:What if my laptop isn't worth the 1500 ... on Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Install a case window and some cathode lights?

  20. Re:No surprise on Intel Discontinues Extreme Edition P4 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference is if you run intel hyperthreading, intel says "Way to go, we'll support you!" and if you run dual xp's, amd says "Uh, we don't support that."

    Kinda like running dual celerons back in the old days I suppose.

  21. Re:No surprise on Intel Discontinues Extreme Edition P4 · · Score: 1

    Or for $336 you could purchase two 2800+ athlon MP processors. Or did you want two computers?

  22. Re:Just what I was looking for... on The Athlon 64 3000+, A Budget Gamer's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Looks like an intel p4 3.0ghz is running at $202, and an athlon 64 3000+ $158. Not nearly as much price difference as amd used to give us.. :(

  23. Re:Sick of the baby-shit tan IT color scheme? on D Squared To Stop Sending Pop-Ups · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The easy solution (from an AC post the other day) is to backspace over the it.

    Poof, no more tan! :)

  24. Re:We promise only to bother you once on D Squared To Stop Sending Pop-Ups · · Score: 1

    I thought that was a saying from Tennessee?

  25. Re:80% right, 100% ugly colour scheme. on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1

    Actually, you DO have the URLs to base your judgement on. It's just, the HTML is friggin' retarded. I guess what's what you get from someone who uses "phishing" ..

    Some page source:

    <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">To validate your personal CITI online banking account follow the link below</font>: <p align="center"><a href="#" onClick="MM_popupMsg('For the Phishing IQ Test, the Link has been disabled.')" onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('http://citi-prot ection.info/');return document.MM_returnValue">http://web.da-us.citibank .com&BVP=/cgi-bin/citifi/scripts/&M=S&US&_u=visito r</a>.